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Support us by donating food and other essentials.
More people than ever are being driven to food banks and the sharp increase in people needing help is outstripping food donations.
Your donations are vital to ensure that we can continue to help the people in our community.
What to donate
Items we need
- Carrier bags
- Deodorant
- Instant coffee
- Jam
- Long-life juice
- Long-life milk
- Peanut Butter
- Razors for shaving
- Rice
- Shampoo
- Shower gel
- Snacks (e.g. crisps, cereal bars, etc)
- Squash
- Tinned custard
- Tinned fruit
- Tinned potatoes
- Tinned rice pudding
- Tinned tomatoes
- Toothbrushes
- Toothpaste
- Washing powder
Warehouse donations
You can bring your donations, or arrange for an online supermarket shop delivery, to our warehouse during our opening hours:
3 Tollgate Retail Park, Tollgate West, Colchester CO3 8RG
10am-2pm Mon-Sat
Supermarket donations
We can also receive donations at collection points in all the major supermarkets in Colchester which have a collection point by the door.
This includes Asda (for in-store shoppers only), East of England Co-op (including stores in and surrounding Colchester), Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s (Stanway Tolgate & Priory Walk), Tesco (Hythe & Highwoods for in-store shoppers only), and Waitrose.
Find a donation point near you below.